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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Add Filter</span><span class="f_BodyText"> button in the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="creating_search_filters.htm">Manage Searches</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog or </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="rtfdialogoptions.htm">Generate RTF Documentation</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Add Filters</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog displays.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="459" style="width:459px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select items to build up search filters on any information about an object.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">The following is a list of what is available, before you have defined a search. </span></p>
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<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">If you are adding filters to an existing search, the list contains only items appropriate to the initial filter. For example, if the initial filter is on diagram properties, the list for any subsequent filters for the search only contains the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Diagram</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> option.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="459" style="width:459px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select each field item to include in your search. (Select the checkbox.)</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="459" style="width:459px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Identify the name of the field to search. See <a href="fields_and_conditions.htm">Fields and Conditions</a>. The list presents items specific to the filter </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-style: italic;">Search On</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> item.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="459" style="width:459px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Specify the condition of the search parameter. See <a href="fields_and_conditions.htm">Fields and Conditions</a>.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="459" style="width:459px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Type a value pertaining to the selected element field. For example, the value could be a date for </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-style: italic;">DateCreated</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> or a text value for other fields. The search term can contain multiple values separated by commas; see <a href="fields_and_conditions.htm">Fields and Conditions</a>.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="90" style="width:90px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Required</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="459" style="width:459px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select a particular field to generate a result set that </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-style: italic;">must</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> contain your search term in that field.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="459" style="width:459px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select all the items to include them in the search definition.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="459" style="width:459px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Deselect all the items to omit them from the search definition.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="459" style="width:459px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Apply the filter. The fields selected are added to the search definition.</span></p>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can add multiple search definitions as necessary. Note that if you select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Required</span><span class="f_BodyText"> field in multiple definitions the search rapidly becomes impractical. Multiple search definitions are better for 'and/or' searches.</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="creating_filters.htm">Create Search Definitions</a></span></li>
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